Film Scholar and author Dan Callahan gives readers a lifelong look at the overshadowed reputation of the actress Barbara Stanwyck. Beginning with a rocky upbringing in between foster homes, this ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Barbara Stanwyck was one of the most versatile and charismatic stars of Hollywood's Golden Age. Best known for her unforgettable ...

“She commands and men obey.” The line, from a ballad sung in Samuel Fuller’s feverish western Forty Guns (1957), is addressed to the formidable, black-clad dragoon leader played by Barbara Stanwyck, ...

When becoming a proper movie star, it's important to know how you want to craft your persona. Do you channel something that's inherent to who you are? Do you make your public self completely different ...

Barbara Stanwyck (July 16, 1907 – January 20, 1990) was an American actress. A film and television star, she was known during her 60-year career as a consummate and versatile professional with a ...

One of my favorite black and white Christmastime films is the 1945 Warner Bros. classic “Christmas in Connecticut” starring the late Barbara Stanwyck as a popular syndicated magazine columnist who ...

Zach Laws is a longtime entertainment journalist and movie features writer. He is also an independent filmmaker and member of the Screen Actors Guild based out of Los Angeles. Zach grew up watching ...

A Life of Barbara Stanwyck: Steel-True 1907-1940 by Victoria Wilson; Simon and Schuster, 1,044 pages ($40). It’s one of those imponderable questions that can keep the most knowledgeable fans and ...